Full Text of HR0444 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Tom | 4 | | Roeser; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tom Roeser was born in Evanston in 1928; he was a | 6 | | graduate of St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Tom Roeser began his career covering politics in | 9 | | Minnesota, where he became a research-publicist for the | 10 | | Minnesota Republican Party; he subsequently served as an aide | 11 | | to two United States congressmen and a governor; he later | 12 | | returned to Chicago to launch the Quaker Oats Company's | 13 | | government relations department in 1964 and continued his | 14 | | education with post-graduate studies at DePaul and Loyola | 15 | | Universities; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In 1964, Tom Roeser was named manager-public | 17 | | affairs for the Quaker Oats Company; he was then promoted to | 18 | | Director of Public Affairs in 1966, serving in that capacity | 19 | | until 1969; he left Quaker temporarily to assume a role in the | 20 | | federal government as assistant to the Secretary of Commerce | 21 | | for Minority Enterprise from 1969 to 1970; he then recommended | 22 | | the abolition of his own agency, which was a controversial |
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| 1 | | challenge to the permanent bureaucracy, and was reassigned as | 2 | | Director of Public Affairs for the Peace Corps, where he served | 3 | | as a foreign service officer from 1970 to 1971; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, In 1971, Tom Roeser returned to the Quaker Oats | 5 | | Company, where he served as vice president of government | 6 | | relations until his retirement in 1991; he subsequently | 7 | | established the firm of Thomas F. Roeser and Associates, where | 8 | | he represented a variety of clients in government relations; in | 9 | | 2007, he formed the Chicago Daily Observer, the city's first | 10 | | internet-based five-day a week newspaper; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, In 1994, Tom Roeser joined WLS Radio and became | 12 | | the host of "The Tom Roeser Show"; he quickly became a valued | 13 | | member of the WLS on-air lineup; he was heard primarily in his | 14 | | regular Sunday night slot, where listeners could participate in | 15 | | his radio 'plebiscites', weighing in on the political issues of | 16 | | the past week, and look forward to the week ahead; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Tom Roeser was a senior correspondent and talk | 18 | | show host for Catholic Family Radio, a network with outlets in | 19 | | Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee; he | 20 | | was also an occasional commentator on "Chicago Tonight" on | 21 | | WTTW-TV; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Tom Roeser was a member of the American Federation |
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| 1 | | of Television and the Radio Artists AFL-CIO; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Tom Roeser is survived by his wife, Lillian, and | 3 | | his children, Tom Jr., Michael, Mary Catherine, and Jeanne; | 4 | | therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Tom | 8 | | Roeser; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Tom Roeser as an expression of our | 11 | | sympathy.
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